A new permanent exhibition in Boston is focusing on ancestry and family history, and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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Today, its multisource dataset, currently housed at Rice University, features information on more than 30,000 slaving vessels ...

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This image released by PBS shows actor Laurence Fishburne, left, with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of the series "Finding ...

"Finding Your Roots" host Henry Louis Gates Jr. swapped out his hosting chair for the first time to become the guest during the Season 11 finale. Hosting in his place, genetic genealogist CeCe ...

Reporter Henry Louis Gates Jr. is finally having his turn in the hot seat on Finding Your Roots, and is set to unearth his own family secret, on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported. Gates ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from his guests on the popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots” and led them through secrets in their family tree.